The Gol-Darn Wheel
Politics, History, Spirituality, and the Bicycle Lee Ganske, UUFM member and founding member of the Greater Mankato Bike and Walk Advocates Soul Matters Monthly Theme: what does it mean to be a community of BEAUTY?
Topic: Journey
“UUSC Justice Sunday……. Particularly Climate-Justice”
We journey as an Earth community with all of life. Our annual Justice Sunday connects us with the UU Service Committee’s work to advance human rights and climate justice. We celebrate and challenge ourselves to continue and deepen the commitment we made as a congregation to become an accredited UU Green Sanctuary Congregation in June … Continue reading “UUSC Justice Sunday……. Particularly Climate-Justice”
Philosophy, Politics and Place: A Living Journey in Community
“Journey: travel or passage from one place to another, to travel over or through, the daily course of the sun across the sky (obs.)” This word moves easily from the mundane to the profound, to an over-arching literary and mythical symbol. The most mundane of our journeys are often expressed in a simpler word; trip, … Continue reading Philosophy, Politics and Place: A Living Journey in Community
Circle of the Seasons
As happens each year, we make another journey around the sun and once again we are on the cusp of spring, and light and dark are again in balance. And yet no one year is exactly like another. What does this spring bring? Soul Matters Monthly Theme for March: What does it mean to be … Continue reading Circle of the Seasons
Migration Stories
“Exile calls us to soften our hard defenses, to acknowledge that we don’t have all the answers, to seek the resources available in our new communities and reach out to strangers for support.”—Christine Valters Paintner Since the emergence of our ancestors in some part of Africa perhaps as long ago as 300,000 years, we as … Continue reading Migration Stories